From the CEO...

This is one of the latter

Over the years I have had people ask me, “Do you subscribe to a service for your column?”  No I don’t, although it would be nice if someone could write in “my voice.”  Others have asked, “When do you have time to write them?”  Usually, in terror on Friday afternoon, just bef…

G'mar Chatimah Tovah

The Savannah Jewish community, while small in numbers, is incredibly responsive to needs wherever they occur, whether fires in the West coast, flooding in Louisiana, or emergencies in Israel.  Your generosity continues to address emergencies, wherever and whenever they occur.

The Savannah …

Put Up a Mirror - Part II

In last week’s eNews missive, I spoke about meeting with some of the staff and telling them to “hold up a mirror” reflecting on what a great job they had done.

Holding up a mirror to ourselves is on all of our minds as we enter into the “10 Days” or “Days of Awe.” It is the pe…

Put Up a Mirror...

Mandated closures
Workforce shortages
Capacity limitations
New operating protocols
Masking requirements
Community Transmission Index
 

They are all terms that have become commonplace parlance over the last 18 months and when we thought we were through, we realized that it was time to…

Always There to Help

While our TVs are full of the terror going on in Afghanistan and the earthquake in Haiti, last week we became intimately aware of the challenge to the Jewish community in Cuba.  About seven years ago, 28 members of the Savannah community travelled to Cuba.  During that time we met with Wil…